Rural crime

22 pregnant ewes were killed in an attack by two American bully XL dogs earlier this year

Northumberland Partnership Against Rural Crime said the session would help farmers to protect their equipment from being stolen

Farmers have been warned to increase security after a spate of tractor thefts of expensive tractors and telehandlers in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire

Fire crews in North Yorkshire were called out to four farm fires in the space of two days last month

"This is barbaric"

Police forces in Wales want farmers to triple check their security measures as they predict a possible rise in targeted crime on empty farms during the Royal Welsh Show

Four Cambridgeshire men have been fined and given suspended jail terms following successful police prosecution

Government steps up 'environment crime' penalties to protect nature and the great outdoors

Essex MP Kemi Badenoch says countryside residents 'should feel safe in their homes'

Members of the public who damage farmland must face harsher punishments, say farmers following a spike in reckless behaviour that has led to incidents of livestock worrying, wildfires and crop destruction